Abstract
Divorce is a highly emotional experience, one that unfortunately can lead to poor financial decision making. This publication will help you to avoid those pitfalls and more ably navigate this difficult time. Along with offering a checklist to help you prioritize various aspects of your personal finances, the authors discuss divorce's effect on income tax reportage and offer tips on how to manage credit reports, mortgage payments, social security benefits and many other important personal/financial investments, like children, life insurance, welfare benefits, property.